This US tech start-up helped a maker of football helmets tap investors with new VC funding platform

Buttonwood

• Buttonwood Network is attempting to disrupt the way in which late stage start ups secure VC funding by making the process quicker and more efficient.
• The company was only founded six months ago but has already raised $45 million in funding for companies on its software platform. 
• VCs from across the world have taken an interest amid a changing environment for investors with lower fees and greater transparency now key for fundraisings. 

It's not easy raising money if you're a start-up. Founders must pitch their wares to investor after investor hoping to drum up enough interest in the business to win funding. 

Buttonwood Network is a six-month-old service based in New York that is trying to streamline the process. It operates a software platform for firms and venture capitalists to match, reducing the usually arduous process. 

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